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airways, creating the world's largest airline company; and warren buffett is buying h.j. heinz, the biggest food company acquisition ever. we'll have more on american in a moment, but we begin tonight with buffett and that surprising mega-food deal. the billionaire investor is teaming up with the billionaire owners of 3g capital to buy the ketchup maker for $28 billion. the private equity group and buffett's berkshire hathaway are paying $72.50 a share in cash. that's a 20% premium over heinz's closing price yesterday. ruben ramirez reports. >> reporter: the oracle of omaha now has a new title: ketchup king. for the first time, warren waomett, who's shifr ay working with private equity partners, is teaming up with 3g capital in a $28 billion deal-- close to $24 billion of that in cash and the assumption of $4 billion in debt-- to take h.j. heinz private. >> warren buffett is starting to get older at this point, and, in this case, he's having 3g handle the operational side of this transaction. >> reporter: while buffett's age may be advancing, he's still very interested in
airways, creating the world's largest airline company; and warren buffett is buying h.j. heinz, the biggest food company acquisition ever. we'll have more on american in a moment, but we begin tonight with buffett and that surprising mega-food deal. the billionaire investor is teaming up with the billionaire owners of 3g capital to buy the ketchup maker for $28 billion. the private equity group and buffett's berkshire hathaway are paying $72.50 a share in cash. that's a 20% premium over heinz's...
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we asked warren. he said this was a one-off for him, and you know, was an opportunity, but we're also seeing lots of deals. it is valentine's day. we saw the airline deal. but it's been, it feels like there's a lot more going on right now. >> you're 100% right. i think there are many more deals coming. i'll say it again. that's why we made our investment in lazard last year. we think this m&a market is back. revenue growth is hard to come by. i think most of the corporate america feels that they have skinnied down their operations to a point where they can't get much more out of it. so synergies are the next wave of getting eps growth. and that's where i think, and you know where -- you know where the cost of money is. you know there's plenty of money around. the banks need to lend. so i think you've got, and we know what we've got in washington for the next four years. >> right. >> so i think we're going to see a lot more of these. >> mario gabelli says legg mason is going to double. >> my money is o
we asked warren. he said this was a one-off for him, and you know, was an opportunity, but we're also seeing lots of deals. it is valentine's day. we saw the airline deal. but it's been, it feels like there's a lot more going on right now. >> you're 100% right. i think there are many more deals coming. i'll say it again. that's why we made our investment in lazard last year. we think this m&a market is back. revenue growth is hard to come by. i think most of the corporate america...
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let's ask warren buffet, joining me, the chairman and ceo, warren buffet. good to talk to you warren, happy value type's day. >> caller: hi, liz. liz: i'm wearing ketchup red. >> caller: good, good. liz: reminds me of the deal christmas day on 2007. was this time for valentine's day? >> caller: well, i don't know, but i like it on valentine's day, i put it that way. liz: how did you pick the price of 72.50 with the guys? >> caller: they did most of the work of on deciding what to pay. i went along with it, and i was reluctant, but i signed up. liz: at $72.38, and this is why i like interviews in the closing bell because we see the market absorbing the news and figuring the value. it's slightly below it. how does that make you think about the deal? >> well, my guess is the arbitrary jurors set the price because i would guess 90% would be going into arbitrage, and they calculate the probabilities of the deal going through. they calculate the carry in terms of dividends and cost of money, and when they get through with it, they shoot for fairly small returns,
let's ask warren buffet, joining me, the chairman and ceo, warren buffet. good to talk to you warren, happy value type's day. >> caller: hi, liz. liz: i'm wearing ketchup red. >> caller: good, good. liz: reminds me of the deal christmas day on 2007. was this time for valentine's day? >> caller: well, i don't know, but i like it on valentine's day, i put it that way. liz: how did you pick the price of 72.50 with the guys? >> caller: they did most of the work of on...
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warren buffett is buying heinz. along with 3g capital, that is. >> one of the things that he said, stuart, is that they have great tasting products. stuart: it is a name that the whole world knows. >> we will get above those highs. >> if we do not have confidence in the market, we are in a really bad situation. stuart: we had to heinz buyout by warren buffett and then we have the
warren buffett is buying heinz. along with 3g capital, that is. >> one of the things that he said, stuart, is that they have great tasting products. stuart: it is a name that the whole world knows. >> we will get above those highs. >> if we do not have confidence in the market, we are in a really bad situation. stuart: we had to heinz buyout by warren buffett and then we have the
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warren buffett's company, berkshire hathaway, buying time out right here. they called it at 7250. >> yes, they just think it's a great product. he said he was absolutely going to be in for the long term. liz: it's not a classic equity deal where they shine it up. david: we just saw whole foods getting kicked today about 10%. >> that is not good news. david: as you can see, we have very big movements. do not be fooled when we see the dow jones down, the s&p 500 is up a little bit. less than a 10th of a percentage point, nasdaq, the biggest mover is the rest of 2000. it is the individual stocks, we have seen some big movements by individual stocks and we will be talking about coming up. liz: did you see the coal industry sector? lots of natural resources after the fourth-quarter earnings. all gaining more than 4%, 13 full percentage point. david: when you see that it is settling at the lowest level in six months, that is what gives people a lot of concern. it is just about at the 200 day moving average. a lot of gold traders and a stronger dollar. it led to t
warren buffett's company, berkshire hathaway, buying time out right here. they called it at 7250. >> yes, they just think it's a great product. he said he was absolutely going to be in for the long term. liz: it's not a classic equity deal where they shine it up. david: we just saw whole foods getting kicked today about 10%. >> that is not good news. david: as you can see, we have very big movements. do not be fooled when we see the dow jones down, the s&p 500 is up a little...
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john chambers, and billionaire investor, warren buffet. teaming up with 3-rbgs did capital to buy heinz for $28 billion. warren buffet talks to fox business about the biggest food deal ever. "count down to the closing bell" is next. ♪ [ cows moo ] [ sizzling ] more rain... [ thunder rumbles ] ♪ [ male announcer ] when the world moves... futures move first. learn futures from experienced pros with dedicated chats and daily live webinars. and tra with papermoney to test-drive the market. ♪ all on thinkorswim. from td ameritrade. all on thinkorswim. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm jane
john chambers, and billionaire investor, warren buffet. teaming up with 3-rbgs did capital to buy heinz for $28 billion. warren buffet talks to fox business about the biggest food deal ever. "count down to the closing bell" is next. ♪ [ cows moo ] [ sizzling ] more rain... [ thunder rumbles ] ♪ [ male announcer ] when the world moves... futures move first. learn futures from experienced pros with dedicated chats and daily live webinars. and tra with papermoney to test-drive the...
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bob miles, the author of the warren buffett, ceo. bob, i'm going to pick up our conversation right where we left in with andrew ross sorkin, what do you think the strategy is of mr. buffett is buying heinz? will heinz be used as a rollup vehicle to acquire other food companies in your view? >> well, first of all, happy valentine's day. i'm a little bit surprised on valentine's day that warren didn't buy a flower company since he already owns a chocolate company and jewelry store chain. but i think heinz is no surprise. he likes family operations, 140 years in old industry companies like underwear and dairy queen. so it's no surprise. >> but in terms of the lo longer-term strategy because we're always thinking what is next, seeing food companies on this notion they might be takeover targets down the line. do you think this is part of a longer-term strategy of mr. buffett's to roll up other food companies? >> i think if he finds value, he'd be very interested in private companies, food companies like mars and wrigley, which were actual
bob miles, the author of the warren buffett, ceo. bob, i'm going to pick up our conversation right where we left in with andrew ross sorkin, what do you think the strategy is of mr. buffett is buying heinz? will heinz be used as a rollup vehicle to acquire other food companies in your view? >> well, first of all, happy valentine's day. i'm a little bit surprised on valentine's day that warren didn't buy a flower company since he already owns a chocolate company and jewelry store chain....
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warren buffett playing catch up. in the food business, buying heinz and the merger to greet the world's biggest airline, what your next move should be. tracy: we will go behind the american airlines u.s. merger, what it means to you the traveler. my guess is not good. dennis: co-pilot cheryl casone live in miami. cheryl: ask yourself this, is new york anti business? we have a guest coming up on markets now. he can recruit lots of guys to bring it to florida. he will be joining me. and then coming up at 12:30 eastern time. the state of miami real-estate, a lot cheaper to do business from the real-estate perspective in miami. we do stocks now, nicole petallides dow in the ran a little bit on this valentine's day. nicole: great work in miami. financial firms by the stock exchange heading to florida where it is more business friendly. the dow down 15 points, loss of 1/10%, the s&p and nasdaq pulling back slightly, nowhere near the 14,000 mark, we are thirtysomething points away and we have seen some tough economic news f
warren buffett playing catch up. in the food business, buying heinz and the merger to greet the world's biggest airline, what your next move should be. tracy: we will go behind the american airlines u.s. merger, what it means to you the traveler. my guess is not good. dennis: co-pilot cheryl casone live in miami. cheryl: ask yourself this, is new york anti business? we have a guest coming up on markets now. he can recruit lots of guys to bring it to florida. he will be joining me. and then...
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i think warren buffett is the "oracle of omaha" for a reason. take a look what airline stocks did today. even though there is some evidence that in these big mergers, these big airline consolidation that is the airline stocks do pretty well. in agenda they're not doing very well. they don't seem to like this much at all. what about the new american, the new american airlines? the us airways name, by the way goes away. it goes to the barn where brand any of and american and twa live right now. this new american will have $239 billion in revenue in 2012. it would be 2% larger than ual. it will be the world's biggest airline and better positioned to compete with united in markets like this in chicago. it will cost about a billion dollars to do the merger. they say they will save a billion dollars in costs and 6700 daily flights, 336 destinations, 56 countries. is bigger better at this point? we don't know. tracy: jeff flock out at
i think warren buffett is the "oracle of omaha" for a reason. take a look what airline stocks did today. even though there is some evidence that in these big mergers, these big airline consolidation that is the airline stocks do pretty well. in agenda they're not doing very well. they don't seem to like this much at all. what about the new american, the new american airlines? the us airways name, by the way goes away. it goes to the barn where brand any of and american and twa live...
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to two mega marriages, warren buffet buying all of the ketchup he could ever want. heinz. we will tell you which food stocks could be the next take over targets. and as has been rumored for months, frankly, us airways and amr officially getting hitched to create the world's biggest airline. is the deal good news or bad news for flyers like you and me? and disaster over triumph. carnival's crippled cruise ship, triumph, pulling into port later today. way behind schedule. complaints of lack of food, sanitary conditions terrible. we are on the scene with the latest and who on earth who book a cruise right now? my partner sue is at the new york stock exchange. sue? >> hi, ty. let's get to the two big deals on this valentine's day. heinz sold for $23 billion. and u.s. airway shares right now are down a buck six on the trading session. but heinz is up 19%. phil lebeau is all over the airline merger. first, diving into that deal, gentlemen, warren buffett's berkshire hathaway and brazil's 3g ketchup king, buying it out for about $23 billion, the buyingest buyout ever in food indu
to two mega marriages, warren buffet buying all of the ketchup he could ever want. heinz. we will tell you which food stocks could be the next take over targets. and as has been rumored for months, frankly, us airways and amr officially getting hitched to create the world's biggest airline. is the deal good news or bad news for flyers like you and me? and disaster over triumph. carnival's crippled cruise ship, triumph, pulling into port later today. way behind schedule. complaints of lack of...
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i'm pat warren. coming up on eyewitness news. governor o'malley leads a group of advocates in repeal of the death penalty. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, it wasn't just a rough morning on the roads. it was deadly. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> crippled cruise ship. food shortages. no working bathrooms. when will the triumph finally get back to port? >>> check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. >>> training tragedy. a police trainee, shot in the head during an exercise. >> tonight, who pulled the trigger? and why a criminal investigation is now under way. >> hello, everyone. i'm vic carter. and i'm denise koch. when here's what people are talking about tonight. >> wjz continues to uncover new details about the shooting that has an officer fighting for his life. state police now say it is a criminal investigation. wjz is live at city police headquarters. investigator mike hellgren continues to dig into exactly how this happened and who could be held ac
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warren buffett was a fan of raising taxes on the upper income. the proof is in the pudding. what do you think of that? >> well, i don't know. it's hard to argue with the or or -- >> or cal of omaha. we'll choose to say i had lunch with mr. buffett on monday, i couldn't have been more thoroughly entertained and impressed with his knowledge of a variety of subjects including marshal goldburg who used to play for the university of pittsburgh football team. mr. buffett was a ball boy for the washington redskins. our lunch was those kinds of interesting things. while he don't necessarily agree on the tax comment, i pay more than 30%, i pay more than deny secretary. at the end of the day, i don't know the relevance of that but you can't argue with success of the markets recently. >> all right, my biggest thing with you is you've been in the food business all these years and ear not fat. that troubles me deeply. continued success and thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, us a always, for having me. continued good luck with your show. >> i appreciate that, bill johnson,
warren buffett was a fan of raising taxes on the upper income. the proof is in the pudding. what do you think of that? >> well, i don't know. it's hard to argue with the or or -- >> or cal of omaha. we'll choose to say i had lunch with mr. buffett on monday, i couldn't have been more thoroughly entertained and impressed with his knowledge of a variety of subjects including marshal goldburg who used to play for the university of pittsburgh football team. mr. buffett was a ball boy...
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how warren rudman became a senator. so, mr. president, we know what a filibuster is. a filibuster is when one side or the other -- which it has a perfect right to do under our system of government -- decides to try to kill a nomination by denying 60 votes or to stop legislation by 60 votes. the democrats have done it on a regular basis when they were in the minority, and the distinguished majority leader was one of the most effective persons in -- in the senate at doing that. i presided many times over the senate when he objected. i remember the -- you know, when we were trying to get 60 votes to -- to have a permanent change in the estate law and we'd get up to 57 or 58 or 59 and the distinguished majority leader would object. now, what are we doing today? we're doing today exactly what was said when the vote was called. the question was, do 60 of us believe that it's time to end debate on the nomination of the president to be secretary of defense, the leader of the largest military organization in the world, the large
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. >>> coming up, warren buffett makes a big bet on heinz. should you follow him into consumer stocks? >>> and sticking with food we're debating the sharp drop in shares of whole foods as the company issues a weak 2013 outlook. two traders battle it out straight ahead on the half. how do traders using technical analysis streamline their process? at fidelity, we do it by merging two tools into one. combining your customized charts with leading-edge analysis tools from recognia so you can quickly spot key trends and possible entry and exit points. we like this idea so much that we've applied for a patent. i'm colin beck of fidelity investments. our integrated technical analysis is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. >>> welcome back. warren buffett's berkshire buying heinz in a joint deal with 3g, the acquisition is the largest ever in the food industry. let's bring in jon najarian who noticed some unusual options activity in heinz ahead of the announcement. doc,
. >>> coming up, warren buffett makes a big bet on heinz. should you follow him into consumer stocks? >>> and sticking with food we're debating the sharp drop in shares of whole foods as the company issues a weak 2013 outlook. two traders battle it out straight ahead on the half. how do traders using technical analysis streamline their process? at fidelity, we do it by merging two tools into one. combining your customized charts with leading-edge analysis tools from recognia...
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warren buffett is now the ketchup king. they're not doing too bad. congratulations to the kerry family! i know you've been struggling. i know you've been struggling. things are okay now. >> it has been a long haul. >> that big story. >> that's a big story. a lot of mergers and stuff going -- okay. so i want to talk about what carly and vicki are here for. you started the one woman initiative. >> yes. >> and you are now joining it. tell us first of all about it to review for our viewers and then we'll talk about this new collaboration. >> i began the one-woman initiative in collaboration with usaid when condi rice was then secretary of state. we wanted to focus on women. so we funded women's organizations in places like azerbaijan, pakistan, egypt, the philippines, afghanistan. and hopefully, we did a lot of good. however, now we're teaming up with opportunity international, so that we can leverage that impact. the single largest unused economic resource in the world is one woman. we know that when women are invested in, they reinvest 90% of that mone
warren buffett is now the ketchup king. they're not doing too bad. congratulations to the kerry family! i know you've been struggling. i know you've been struggling. things are okay now. >> it has been a long haul. >> that big story. >> that's a big story. a lot of mergers and stuff going -- okay. so i want to talk about what carly and vicki are here for. you started the one woman initiative. >> yes. >> and you are now joining it. tell us first of all about it to...
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. >> warren buffett is getting into the food business. arch are half weigh is teaming up with three g capital to buy -- berkshire hathaway is teaming up with three g capital to buy heinz. the mu has to be approved. shareholders expect to close it and the third quarter -- shareholders expect to close it and the third quarter. coming up people and one group are turning their heart ache around and using it as fuel to help themselves. >> some happy couples are tying the knot today. >> a milestone for the redskins today. >> here is a live look outside this noon. >> you're watching abc 7 at noon with scott thuman and cynne simpson. this is abc 7 news at noon. on your side. >> metro is proposing a deal in hopes of bringing the fbi's new headquarters to prince george's county. authorities will vote today whether to make 78 acres of its land available to the bureau. the fbi is looking in virginia and maryland for new states for its headquarters. the washington redskins start working on their new training camp in richmond today. virginia governor m
. >> warren buffett is getting into the food business. arch are half weigh is teaming up with three g capital to buy -- berkshire hathaway is teaming up with three g capital to buy heinz. the mu has to be approved. shareholders expect to close it and the third quarter -- shareholders expect to close it and the third quarter. coming up people and one group are turning their heart ache around and using it as fuel to help themselves. >> some happy couples are tying the knot today....
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i'm pat warren reporting from annapolis. back to you on tv hill. >> and they put tighter restrictions on the death penalty in 2009. >>> coming up at 6:30, wjz sits down with two people, who lost loved ones to violence and their opposing views to the death penalty. >>> the nightmare for more than 4,000 apparentlies on a crippled carnival cruise ship just won't end. you're looking at some asking for help. people on board. randall pinkston reports for wjz from mobile. >> the broken down carnival ship triumph, is expected to finally dock this evening. >> this is going to be a long day. this is not a process that is going to happen fast. >> reporter: this afternoon, a new problem, a to line snapped as tugboats steered the stricken ship to the terminal. the line was replaced. and the slow journey resume said. >> nellie bets has been in talks with her daughter nicole, who says life on the ships has been disgusting and miserable since they lost power. >> and the conditions with the smell. they did have running water. but the water w
i'm pat warren reporting from annapolis. back to you on tv hill. >> and they put tighter restrictions on the death penalty in 2009. >>> coming up at 6:30, wjz sits down with two people, who lost loved ones to violence and their opposing views to the death penalty. >>> the nightmare for more than 4,000 apparentlies on a crippled carnival cruise ship just won't end. you're looking at some asking for help. people on board. randall pinkston reports for wjz from mobile....
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warren buffett's berkshire hathaway making a splash on wall street. berkshire and private equity firm 3g capital acquire heinz more more than $23 billion. warren buffett spoke to our own liz claman about the deal and the 72.5 share purchase price a short time ago. take a listen. >> how did you pick the price of 72.50 with the 3g guys? >> they did most of the work what to pay. i went along with it and, i was reluctant but i signed up. melissa: there you go. meanwhile the european union's economy contracted the most in four years. the unly sharp drop led to a sharp drop on wall street. blue ships dropped nine points. nasdaq and s&p 500 eked out slight gains with the s&p hitting a fresh five-year high. >>> coming up on "money", the government love affair with solar and wind energy has never been stronger but will it turn the lights out on the nuclear energy industry? ceo of westinghouse electric joins us exclusively. that is coming up next. >>> plus love is filling the air today. making guys they would normally never buy to win women's hearts. if you wan
warren buffett's berkshire hathaway making a splash on wall street. berkshire and private equity firm 3g capital acquire heinz more more than $23 billion. warren buffett spoke to our own liz claman about the deal and the 72.5 share purchase price a short time ago. take a listen. >> how did you pick the price of 72.50 with the 3g guys? >> they did most of the work what to pay. i went along with it and, i was reluctant but i signed up. melissa: there you go. meanwhile the european...
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maker of ketchup and debate beans, has been sold by the business consortium that includes a billionaire warren buffet. the deal is believed to be the largest in the food industry. u.s. airways and american airlines have announced they are joining forces. the merger creates the world's biggest airline in terms of miles flown by passengers around the world. we have this from new york. >> the courtship is over and now they are making it permanent. u.s. airways announced its merger with american airlines. [applause] it was the closest thing to a marriage ceremony. the u.s. airways to executive counted the benefits of this union. >> these are two highly complementary airlines. the 900 route we fly individually. when you add them up, there are only 12 of them that have overlap. this is really about providing better service to customers. it creates a nice third competitor to the two larger airlines. our view is it increases competition, doesn't decrease competition. >> the deal will save the combines company's $11 billion per year. united shareholders will own 28% of the stock while american sharehol
maker of ketchup and debate beans, has been sold by the business consortium that includes a billionaire warren buffet. the deal is believed to be the largest in the food industry. u.s. airways and american airlines have announced they are joining forces. the merger creates the world's biggest airline in terms of miles flown by passengers around the world. we have this from new york. >> the courtship is over and now they are making it permanent. u.s. airways announced its merger with...
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>>> that infamous 1979 heinz commercial says anticipation keeps ketchup lovers waiting but not for warren buffett. berkshire hathaway has teamed up with an investment group to buy h.j. heinz and the deal is valued at $28 billion the assumption of $4 billion in debt, but first the takeover has to be approved by heinz stakeholders. >>> coming up a young mother with parkinson's disease and the life changing surgery now being respected for more patients, we take you in the o.r. in tonight's health alert. topper? >> very nice. we have sunshine and calm winds, but big changes on the way. we'll show you temperatures. i'd grab a light jacket if you're going out, 48 downtown, 45 in gaithersburg, 48 in leesburg and manassas, 47 in fairfax, 42 in annapolis. we'll come back, talk about a cold front. we're talk >>> breaking news, republicans have temporarily blocked the vote on the nomination of senator chuck hagel as defense secretary. some of his former gop colleagues held up the vote as a way to demand more information from the white house on issues including the september attack on the american co
>>> that infamous 1979 heinz commercial says anticipation keeps ketchup lovers waiting but not for warren buffett. berkshire hathaway has teamed up with an investment group to buy h.j. heinz and the deal is valued at $28 billion the assumption of $4 billion in debt, but first the takeover has to be approved by heinz stakeholders. >>> coming up a young mother with parkinson's disease and the life changing surgery now being respected for more patients, we take you in the o.r. in...
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. >> now, billionaire investor warren buffett wants to dip into the catch of business. he is set to buy perhaps the world's most famous maker of ketchup. that is heinz. >> shares in heinz rose sharply on the news, gaining 20% by the end of the day. the pittsburgh-based company sells 650 million bottles of tomato catsup a year as well as producing many other food brands. there is another megadeal in the making -- american airlines and u.s. airways say they want to join forces in creating the biggest airline in the world in terms of passengers. >> that move comes just one year after american airlines filed for bankruptcy. analysts say the merger is likely to trigger more consolidation of airlines in the u.s. >> first, it has to get pass congress, and a leading legislator has already asked if it could hurt consumers by cutting competition pam -- by cutting competition. >> the world largest airline could be created if a merger between u.s. airways and american airlines is approved. u.s. carriers dominate the global airline industry. in 2011, american airlines was in fourth
. >> now, billionaire investor warren buffett wants to dip into the catch of business. he is set to buy perhaps the world's most famous maker of ketchup. that is heinz. >> shares in heinz rose sharply on the news, gaining 20% by the end of the day. the pittsburgh-based company sells 650 million bottles of tomato catsup a year as well as producing many other food brands. there is another megadeal in the making -- american airlines and u.s. airways say they want to join forces in...
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domestic data we've got jobless claims actually foreleg as well is that one of the big stories today is warren buffett still to buy hives the food group famous for tomato ketchup bins and mayonnaise and also this is a twenty eight billion dollars deal about this is how the russian river water that it was indeed a mixed performance as you can see just so it's lower to the u.s. dollar and the higher to the common currency that was the first day for months for the russian currency we'll see how the markets got on then as you can see there declines as well taken their international cue that's having a loss or oil price supports and as you can see decreasing more than one and a half percent for the r.t.s. just that and that's ahead of friday's r.t.s. my stakes i.p.o. as well. performance much better than the market though up one point five percent and that's because there's rumors of it selling as day. i came moving on russia's energy sin test group is offering the top bit of around two point five billion dollars for the greek state gas giant sit in tears promises to boost the company's profitabili
domestic data we've got jobless claims actually foreleg as well is that one of the big stories today is warren buffett still to buy hives the food group famous for tomato ketchup bins and mayonnaise and also this is a twenty eight billion dollars deal about this is how the russian river water that it was indeed a mixed performance as you can see just so it's lower to the u.s. dollar and the higher to the common currency that was the first day for months for the russian currency we'll see how...
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you've heard a lot of the warren whistle blowers but here's a new twist in indiana farms in agricultural businesses want to outlaw videotaping on their property this week a state senate committee sided with the farmers to make it illegal to take video or snap photos that can embarrass or harm the farm according to the star this after some farmers say releasing images like the ones on your screen now have been disastrous for business it's usually a result of journalists or whistleblowers that make public the mistreatment of animals or inhumane working conditions conditions exposed in documentaries like food inc there is in there for you to. destroy the operation. referring to the north to allow the sale of down to move without any label. without visual proof it would be difficult or impossible to know what really goes on behind closed doors supporters of the bill like the indiana farm bureau and the indiana manufacturers association say people should take their videos to the police and not to the internet. well last week we brought you the story of a german cello soloist alben guard whose
you've heard a lot of the warren whistle blowers but here's a new twist in indiana farms in agricultural businesses want to outlaw videotaping on their property this week a state senate committee sided with the farmers to make it illegal to take video or snap photos that can embarrass or harm the farm according to the star this after some farmers say releasing images like the ones on your screen now have been disastrous for business it's usually a result of journalists or whistleblowers that...
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what to say but those figures though are overshadowing a drop in jobless claims positive thing and warren buffett still to buy heinz in a twenty eight billion dollars deal probably most famous for the baked beans and small say ketchup suppose. tive domestic data of the year opinion excuse me recurrences i should say let's have a look at the ruble debt as you can see it's actually lower to the u.s. dollar and higher to the european currency if you see just says it had a mixed performance in the session today also the equity markets and here in moscow again are taking their cue from the international markets just so you can see really quite strong declines really having lost oil price of course as well that's also a factor with the energy dependent stocks here in moscow to. also that is ahead of friday's r.t.s. my six i.p.o. to you want to mention the fact that the chibi performed much better than the market up one and a half percent and that's because of rumors it's selling a stake so that some markets will move on now russia's energy firm is intel's group is offering the top rate of aroun
what to say but those figures though are overshadowing a drop in jobless claims positive thing and warren buffett still to buy heinz in a twenty eight billion dollars deal probably most famous for the baked beans and small say ketchup suppose. tive domestic data of the year opinion excuse me recurrences i should say let's have a look at the ruble debt as you can see it's actually lower to the u.s. dollar and higher to the european currency if you see just says it had a mixed performance in the...
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billionaire investor warren buffett announced today he's teaming up with a brazilian private equity firm to buy heinz, the pennsylvania-based brand name for $23 billion. buffett already owns dairy queen and a candy company and he's famous for his love of cheese burgers. so this purchase kind of made sense to a lot of buffett-watchers. >>> senator frank louden berg from new jersey announced today he will not run again. laudenberg is a five-term senator, the oldest serving senator and the last remaining world war ii veteran currently in the u.s. senate. the race for the seat will be closely watched. newark's mayor cory booker has already filed papers to run for his seat. >>> the president was on the road today. in fact, he was practically on the floor with a bunch of preschoolers. lots of hugs and high-mys in a pre-k classroom in did he date at your, georgia. one of the 4-year-old's asked if he was their teacher. after that got cleared up, there was another reason for his trip. the official business pushing his early childhood education plan which he highlighted in the state of the union a
billionaire investor warren buffett announced today he's teaming up with a brazilian private equity firm to buy heinz, the pennsylvania-based brand name for $23 billion. buffett already owns dairy queen and a candy company and he's famous for his love of cheese burgers. so this purchase kind of made sense to a lot of buffett-watchers. >>> senator frank louden berg from new jersey announced today he will not run again. laudenberg is a five-term senator, the oldest serving senator and...
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warren buffett's berkshire dire hathaway, 3 g capital to buy hineinez for 28 billion including debt. >> american airlines in u.s. airways have announced they would join forces to create the world's largest airline. the new carrier will keep the american airlines name. it will run by airways ceo doug parker, while american airlines ceo tom horton will become chairman. >> this deal has been in the works since august with creditors forced american airlines to consider a merger. the merger of american in u.s. airways will be slightly bigger than the united airlines. >> nationals, the carnival cruise ship that has been without power since a fire in its digital is expected to report today in mobile, alabama. >> the carnival triumph is bank towed from where it broke down in the gulf of mexico. >> more than 4000 people are on board. >> carnival cruise lines say it is canceling another 12 voyages for the disabled ship. >> the cruises aboard the triumph or to take place from february 21st thru april 13th. passengers will be fully refunded and get discounts on future cruises. >> that is the las
warren buffett's berkshire dire hathaway, 3 g capital to buy hineinez for 28 billion including debt. >> american airlines in u.s. airways have announced they would join forces to create the world's largest airline. the new carrier will keep the american airlines name. it will run by airways ceo doug parker, while american airlines ceo tom horton will become chairman. >> this deal has been in the works since august with creditors forced american airlines to consider a merger. the...
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about him in just about everything they say look at look at president obama's favorite billionaire warren buffett is always talking about how he wants to pay lower taxes yet he's suing the iris to reduces taxes and he's doing everything he can to minimize those taxes so they always say one thing publicly but they do the opposite privately right we have about a minute left i want to ask you what are your thoughts will his approach be much different than that of his predecessor that timothy geithner. unfortunately it won't be it'll be more of the same i mean basically what the the ababa the secretary of the debt is is to convince central banks foreign central banks and investors around the world to loan the u.s. government money even though it can't pay it back i mean i guess you could say it's a difficult job convincing the world to vendor finance a deadbeat nation but unfortunately that's the situation that we're in and he's just trying to make sure that we can keep selling bonds before the bottom drops out of the market he's just a p.r. man and ultimately what he's there to do is talk up
about him in just about everything they say look at look at president obama's favorite billionaire warren buffett is always talking about how he wants to pay lower taxes yet he's suing the iris to reduces taxes and he's doing everything he can to minimize those taxes so they always say one thing publicly but they do the opposite privately right we have about a minute left i want to ask you what are your thoughts will his approach be much different than that of his predecessor that timothy...
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. >> billionaire investor warren buffett is getting into the ketchup business. partnering with 3 g capital to buy hines for $23 billion. it is the largest deal ever in the food industry. shareholders will receive $72.50 in cash for each share they own. and that is a 20% premium. the company will remain headquartered in pittsburgh. the deal is a potential boom for the new u.s. secretary of state. his wife teresa is the widow of john hines. he has shares worth more than a million dollars. >> a couple comes forward to claim $217 million in power ball jackpot. find out where they bought that winning ticket and cannot wait to quit their jobs. >> talk about a vacation. >> we will show you how this student won jeopardy's teen tournament in style. >> and we could see warmer temperatures tomorrow. gary is back with your forecast. >>> imagine this. a man is $217 million richer after hitting the power ball jackpot. what's he planning to do? quit his job and the 81 mile commute. john picks up the story. >> reporter: our story starts at richm
. >> billionaire investor warren buffett is getting into the ketchup business. partnering with 3 g capital to buy hines for $23 billion. it is the largest deal ever in the food industry. shareholders will receive $72.50 in cash for each share they own. and that is a 20% premium. the company will remain headquartered in pittsburgh. the deal is a potential boom for the new u.s. secretary of state. his wife teresa is the widow of john hines. he has shares worth more than a million dollars....
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. >>> berkshire hathaway ceo warren buffett and 3g buying heinz. >>> a boxer has been allegedly for taking a dive. the fan come upper-cut, the guy wasn't even close. >>> whatever you're getting to your wife send it to her job in front of her cowork are sercoworkers. >>> and all that matters. >> democrats to show us their plan to stop the sequester. >> we need to find solutions. can he ant' just sit here and bitch. >> on "cbs this morning." >> don't worry, senator rubio, nobody noticed. that you gave a speech. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." charlie rose is on assignment, so james brown is with us. as we come on the air in the west, olympic track store and double amputee oscar pistorius is under arrest this morning, accused of murder. >> his girlfriend was found shot in his home in south africa overnight. mark phillips has more on the stunning news about the paraolympic runner. >> this isn't so much as a whodunit but what happened. only two people involved oscar pistorius the blade runner and the woman who was killed. >> we can confirm there was a shooting incident this morning at the ho
. >>> berkshire hathaway ceo warren buffett and 3g buying heinz. >>> a boxer has been allegedly for taking a dive. the fan come upper-cut, the guy wasn't even close. >>> whatever you're getting to your wife send it to her job in front of her cowork are sercoworkers. >>> and all that matters. >> democrats to show us their plan to stop the sequester. >> we need to find solutions. can he ant' just sit here and bitch. >> on "cbs this...
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. >>> i'm meteorologist chris war warren with your weather channel forecast. we're seeing a clipper that's going to move across the upper midwest and great lakes today. this is after any snowfall from the overnight and early morning hours of today in the northeast. you can see later on today that's long gone. we're looking at a chance for some snow throughout parts of the rockies. cold air is going to seep in from the north. and by this weekend it's going to be all the way down in the south. this is what we're looking at for tomorrow. we're looking at a chance for some more snow throughout parts of the great lakes. also we're going to see that snow here on our friday throughout upper new england as well. northern new england. also that cold air here. we're going to see temperatures into the teens. then on saturday a few showers around the great lakes. also throughout the northeast. this does not look like a major snow event by any means. watch out for a few snowflakes. temperatures starting to come down here in the south. atlanta 45. that's going to be the hig
. >>> i'm meteorologist chris war warren with your weather channel forecast. we're seeing a clipper that's going to move across the upper midwest and great lakes today. this is after any snowfall from the overnight and early morning hours of today in the northeast. you can see later on today that's long gone. we're looking at a chance for some snow throughout parts of the rockies. cold air is going to seep in from the north. and by this weekend it's going to be all the way down in the...
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you know, that is a description of warren buffett who is about a billion dollars behind on taxes. a description of the treasury secretary who hid money in the cayman islands for himself and citigroup and had a million dollar bonus of years ago. those are the well-to-do ones that americans look at. gerri: let's talk about that then. jeffrey myron, should jack lew from the treasury? >> you know, the president is going to pick someone who shares his policy vision. every president is entitled to that. gerri: what about someone with experience? >> lotz had experience and d a miserable job. i mean, it's the president's pick. at the end of the day, i completely dagree on policy. but he should have whatever person he wants. that's up to him. gerri: this will be hard to put away. this is something that could talk him throughout his tme in office if he does become the treasury secretary. what do you say? >> in all, everyone has a short memory in washington. i doubt that will dog him. but i think that -- i think that it's hard to match his rhetoric with other people like that. but he is cons
you know, that is a description of warren buffett who is about a billion dollars behind on taxes. a description of the treasury secretary who hid money in the cayman islands for himself and citigroup and had a million dollar bonus of years ago. those are the well-to-do ones that americans look at. gerri: let's talk about that then. jeffrey myron, should jack lew from the treasury? >> you know, the president is going to pick someone who shares his policy vision. every president is entitled...
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make sense that a lot companies are getting together, and ketchup make heinz agreed to sell itself to warren buff get in a deal worth $23 billion. heinz has sustainable growth because of innovation and great tasting products. investors are responding to americans deal merging with us airways. the deal would create the largest airline and this is showing how the shares are trading, mixed trade so far in reaction. the silicon valley index is trading to the down side. shares of cisco, san jose based cisco has had a disappointing sales forecasts explaining growth challenge in china and europe and weakened government demand. in the market for a used car? think about buying it while you are on vacation. there was a look 59 prices in 95 cities and used cars if san francisco are 2 percent more expensive than the national average. the best deals are actually in miami where used cars are 7 percent cheaper than average, with population density, and competition, and even the number of people turning in the used cars for new ones are among the reasons. >> thank you very much. higher gas, higher used car
make sense that a lot companies are getting together, and ketchup make heinz agreed to sell itself to warren buff get in a deal worth $23 billion. heinz has sustainable growth because of innovation and great tasting products. investors are responding to americans deal merging with us airways. the deal would create the largest airline and this is showing how the shares are trading, mixed trade so far in reaction. the silicon valley index is trading to the down side. shares of cisco, san jose...
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. >> new this morning, warren buffett's berkshire hathaway, 3 g capital is buying hineeinz for $28 billion including debt. the ketchup company says that shareholders will receive $72.50 in cash for each share of common stock that they own perry ed the per- share price represents a 20% premium to heinz's closing price of $60.48 on wednesday. heinz will remain headquartered in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> nationals, the carnival cruise ship that has been without power since a fire in its engine room is expected to report tonight in mobile, alabama. the carnival triumph is being towed from where it broke down in the gulf of mexico. more than 4000 people are on board. carnival cruise lines said it is canceling a another 12 voyages for the disabled ship. one of the passengers husbands talk about his wife's experience. >> our spouses were able to call us and we found out that there was no running water and that they had not been fed anything. >> the crews aboard the tram were to take place from february 21st thru april the 13th. passengers will be fully refunded and it will get discounts on futu
. >> new this morning, warren buffett's berkshire hathaway, 3 g capital is buying hineeinz for $28 billion including debt. the ketchup company says that shareholders will receive $72.50 in cash for each share of common stock that they own perry ed the per- share price represents a 20% premium to heinz's closing price of $60.48 on wednesday. heinz will remain headquartered in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> nationals, the carnival cruise ship that has been without power since a fire in...
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an investment group that includes billionaire warren buffett, includes heinz. it is the largest in the industry, valued at $23 billion. the company also makes classico spaghetti sauce, ore-ida potatoes. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. >>> a louisiana news team joins the latest dance craze. the man in the background starts the harlem shake, while the anchors look at their scripts. then the beat drops and everyone gets in on the action. the dance phenomenon, it's sweeping the nation, believe it or not. tens of thousands of harlem shake videos have been uploaded to you tube this month alone. kai, i'm just trying to take it all in. >> can i ask you a question? can you see that happening here? >> on certain days, yes. today? >> tim has done his ray lewis dance. >> he has done that dance. >> it's possible. >> and we've all done the bernie from time to time. >> but that -- >> it looked hard. >> i didn't feel it, though. >> i'm a little tired just watching. >> me, too. we'll leave it to the folks in louisiana. >>> coming up at 4:00. star power. how kim kardashia
an investment group that includes billionaire warren buffett, includes heinz. it is the largest in the industry, valued at $23 billion. the company also makes classico spaghetti sauce, ore-ida potatoes. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. >>> a louisiana news team joins the latest dance craze. the man in the background starts the harlem shake, while the anchors look at their scripts. then the beat drops and everyone gets in on the action. the dance phenomenon, it's sweeping the...
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warren buffett is buying catch up, all of it. his berkshire hathaway is teaming up with the brazilian backed investment firm to buy h.j. heinz demean of the company. the price tag of 28 billion come including debt. a 20% premium on the company's value the day before. his second biggest deal ever. earlier here he spoke to of liz claman on why he chosen a private equity partner and if that means he may eventually sell. >> one thing i can assure you is that we will own our interest and maybe even a larger interest over time in hines. my guess is a partner forever. gerri: and the big winner today is that new -- part me, i can't get it out, secretary of state, john kerry, already one of the richest politicians in the country, married to theresa heinz carry and heir to the fortune. unset disclosure records his assets included three and a half million dollars in shares. so he made a 700 does not profit today. not bad working get it. when we come back, investors are asking, where is the love. president obama's call for a hike in the mini
warren buffett is buying catch up, all of it. his berkshire hathaway is teaming up with the brazilian backed investment firm to buy h.j. heinz demean of the company. the price tag of 28 billion come including debt. a 20% premium on the company's value the day before. his second biggest deal ever. earlier here he spoke to of liz claman on why he chosen a private equity partner and if that means he may eventually sell. >> one thing i can assure you is that we will own our interest and maybe...
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it's interesting to contrast somebody like senator ted cruz from texas with another freshman elizabeth warren from massachusetts who she's listening. she's not grandstanding. she's not making reckless accusations. she's trying to become a responsible member of the united states senate. but that's not the way the tea party rolls, martin. you know, and ted cruz is a tea party guy. so this is -- he is the fruit of a movement that in some ways has burned itself out but we still have a few of them around -- >> but it's also burning out this country, isn't it? >> that's what -- just to get back to my earlier point, the president has to engage in full political combat on this and not -- yes, if he can get it through and cobble together five votes to break the filibuster and not break too much china, that's fine, but if he can't, if we get to a situation where this nomination is truly in limbo and it is hurting the united states, then he he has to go to the public and go after the obstructionists and he's already in the last few weeks of his second term, he has begun to be more confrontational. he ne
it's interesting to contrast somebody like senator ted cruz from texas with another freshman elizabeth warren from massachusetts who she's listening. she's not grandstanding. she's not making reckless accusations. she's trying to become a responsible member of the united states senate. but that's not the way the tea party rolls, martin. you know, and ted cruz is a tea party guy. so this is -- he is the fruit of a movement that in some ways has burned itself out but we still have a few of them...
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other news, warren buffett's company buying heinz as we watch leap frog close the markets on wednesday. official word on that american merger with us airways and what it means for you in just a few minutes. >> the biggest airline in the world. >> by just this much over united continental. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> it's 6:15 right now. back on the mound. time to put aside the pig skin. are you ready for baseball? this morning giants pitchers and catchers warming up for another run to the world series title. >> let's check in on spring training action with laurence scott live at scottsdale stadium. good morning to you laurence. >> reporter: good morning. the sun is coming up on day two of workouts here at spring training after pitchers and catchers reported a couple days ago. they got in the first workout yesterday and today they really get to the swing of things and what we're seeing is comradery and a championship swagger and a bunch of guys thrilled to get back to work. take a look. now that the giants pitchers and catchers have reported for duty and started their work, we won
other news, warren buffett's company buying heinz as we watch leap frog close the markets on wednesday. official word on that american merger with us airways and what it means for you in just a few minutes. >> the biggest airline in the world. >> by just this much over united continental. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> it's 6:15 right now. back on the mound. time to put aside the pig skin. are you ready for baseball? this morning giants pitchers and catchers...
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. >>> warren buffett has a new squeeze. get this, the billionaire investor's company berkshire t hathaway is buying heinz for $28 million. >>> u.s. airways moving toward forming the biggest airline. the $11 billion merger is subject to approval by federal regulato regulators. >>> and even celebrities have to go through security. an airline employee gave kim kardashian and kanye west v.i.p. treatment allowing them to bypass a check point in order to expedite their access to their flight. that flight was delayed an hour. the tsa is not blaming kim-ye for the breach. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. >>> seques
. >>> warren buffett has a new squeeze. get this, the billionaire investor's company berkshire t hathaway is buying heinz for $28 million. >>> u.s. airways moving toward forming the biggest airline. the $11 billion merger is subject to approval by federal regulato regulators. >>> and even celebrities have to go through security. an airline employee gave kim kardashian and kanye west v.i.p. treatment allowing them to bypass a check point in order to expedite their...
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. >>> and warren buffett is putting the ring on a finger of h.j. heinz this valentine's day. the maker of ketchup and classico spaghetti sauce has said i do to $28 billion acquisition deal with berkshire hathaway and 3g capital. it's the largest food industry deal ever. heinz shareholders will receive a 20% premium to wednesday's closing stock price. buffett called in to cnbc and said while berkshire is putting up half the equity for the deal 3g will be primarily responsible for running heinz. >> thanks, courtney. we have some breaking news in connection to that suspicious death of a 94-year-old alexandria man. police say they arrested a woman for burglarizing the home of 94-year-old elmer rohrs back in november. neighbors tell police the home was burglarized a number of times in the past few months. police say the arrest has no connection to last night's death investigation. we'll continue to follow this story throughout the day and on nbcwashington.com. >>> in this week's wednesday's child we meet a young man named kerry with dreams of one day performing surgery. before tha
. >>> and warren buffett is putting the ring on a finger of h.j. heinz this valentine's day. the maker of ketchup and classico spaghetti sauce has said i do to $28 billion acquisition deal with berkshire hathaway and 3g capital. it's the largest food industry deal ever. heinz shareholders will receive a 20% premium to wednesday's closing stock price. buffett called in to cnbc and said while berkshire is putting up half the equity for the deal 3g will be primarily responsible for...
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the other big purchase taking place is ketchup maker heinz being bought for $28 billion by warren buffett's company and 3- g capital. that is the largest ever purchase in the food industry. in the u.s. economy weekly jobless claims falling by 27,000 to 341,000. the labor department says the four-week average just above 352,000. that indicates that there is some modest growth. however, wall street not all that pleased because of some bad economic news out of germany, france and the eurozone falling deeper into recession. that's pushing stocks lower at the open. the dow down 29 at 13,953. the nasdaq down 10. s&p down 3. also cisco down 2.5% after reporting its earnings after the closing bell yesterday. frank and michelle, back to you >> thank you. >>> well, you know it's valentine's day. and for one bay area couple, they have been celebrating this day for more than 50 years. i love this story. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran found out their secret to long lasting love. >> we're weird. >> yeah, we're weird, you know. >> reporter: weird only in the fact that they aren't like the others they say.
the other big purchase taking place is ketchup maker heinz being bought for $28 billion by warren buffett's company and 3- g capital. that is the largest ever purchase in the food industry. in the u.s. economy weekly jobless claims falling by 27,000 to 341,000. the labor department says the four-week average just above 352,000. that indicates that there is some modest growth. however, wall street not all that pleased because of some bad economic news out of germany, france and the eurozone...
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also on wall street today, warren buffett is leading an investment consortium to buy the h.j. heinze company. $28 billion value. john kerry is married to theresa heinze kerry whose trust divested all but 4% of their stock back in 1995. turns out, it wasn't two housekeepers in california who stumbled on that murder suspect. christopher dorner in a bear mountain cabin. it was a husband and wife. they were bound and gagged when they came home by the former policeman and are now speaking out about their terrifying experience. >> very insistent -- >> he didn't have a problem with us. he just wanted to clear his name. he said i don't have a problem with you so i'm not going to hurt you. >> and up next military honors for private citizen hillary clinton. you're watching andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. so delicious? because every flake is double-toasted... splashed with sweet honey... and covered in rich double-roasted peanuts. mmm. [ hero ] yummy. [ male announcer ] kellogg's crunchy nut. it's super delicious! we create easy-to-use, powerful trading tools for all. look at thes
also on wall street today, warren buffett is leading an investment consortium to buy the h.j. heinze company. $28 billion value. john kerry is married to theresa heinze kerry whose trust divested all but 4% of their stock back in 1995. turns out, it wasn't two housekeepers in california who stumbled on that murder suspect. christopher dorner in a bear mountain cabin. it was a husband and wife. they were bound and gagged when they came home by the former policeman and are now speaking out about...
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warren buffett buys heinz. american/usairways form the biggest airline in the world, but so far the stock market seems unimpressed. what message is that saying about where our economy is right now? we'll look at that coming up. >> a lot of implications to see this deal flow pick up steam early in the year. more signs though that the individual investor is dipping his or her toes back into the stock market. the balance in 401(k)s rising by double digits last year. get those numbers and we'll take a look to see if more people are contributing as the dow flirts with a new record high. >> and the ill-fated carnival cruise ship. now we are told a few hours from being towed into port. could be a lot of hours. new pictures are coming in right now, and that stock has been under pressure since news broke of the power failure on sunday. in just a few minutes we could be speaking live with a passenger on that ship for the latest on the conditions, and we'll find out whether they jive with what carnival has been saying abo
warren buffett buys heinz. american/usairways form the biggest airline in the world, but so far the stock market seems unimpressed. what message is that saying about where our economy is right now? we'll look at that coming up. >> a lot of implications to see this deal flow pick up steam early in the year. more signs though that the individual investor is dipping his or her toes back into the stock market. the balance in 401(k)s rising by double digits last year. get those numbers and...
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domestic data we've got jobless claims actually foreleg as well as that one of the big stories today is warren buffett still to buy hives the food group famous for tomato ketchup bins and mayonnaise and also this is a twenty eight billion dollars deal about this is how the russian river water then it was indeed a mixed performance as you can see just so it's lower to the u.s. dollar and the higher to the common currency that was the first day for months for the russian currency we'll see how the markets got on then as you can see there declines as well taken their international cue that's having a loss or oil price supports and as you can see decreasing more than one and a half percent for the r.t.s. just that and that's ahead of friday's r.t.s. my stakes i.p.o. as well. performance much better than the market though up one point five percent and that's because there's rumors of it selling day. came moving on russia's energy . group is offering the top bit of around two point five billion dollars for the greek state owned gas giant sit in tears promises to boost the company's profitability and
domestic data we've got jobless claims actually foreleg as well as that one of the big stories today is warren buffett still to buy hives the food group famous for tomato ketchup bins and mayonnaise and also this is a twenty eight billion dollars deal about this is how the russian river water then it was indeed a mixed performance as you can see just so it's lower to the u.s. dollar and the higher to the common currency that was the first day for months for the russian currency we'll see how...